Carl Becker (banker)
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Becker (born January 22, 1820 in Offenbach , † July 24, 1897 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German banker and consul .
Since his father, Karl Ferdinand Becker , could not pay for all of his children to study, Karl was supposed to do a banking apprenticeship at his mother's request.
In 1853 he and Elias Jacob Fuld founded a Rothschild agency in the Netherlands under the Becker & Fuld company . In 1860 he became Vice Consul of Hessen-Darmstadt . In 1865 they supported Rothschild in financing the war against Paraguay ( Triple Alliance War ; just under 6.4 British pounds at 74.5%).
He married Julie (1839–1917), the eldest daughter of Conrad Heinrich Schöffers . With his father-in-law, he founded the Schöffer-Beckersche Foundation in Gelnhausen, his birthplace . In 1876 their son Carl Heinrich Becker was born in Amsterdam's Heerengracht .
literature
- Kristina Michaelis, Ulf Morgenstern : The Gelnhausen upper middle-class families Becker and Schöffer. 2013; Pp. 44-61
- Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Becker, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German banker and consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1897 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt |